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PROFILE: THE FIRST UKRAINIAN WOMEN’S CONGRESS IN THE U.S. The First Ukrainian Women’s Congress took place in New York on May 20-28, 1932. It was also the First Convention of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America. Over 100 women took part in the Congress: delegates from UNWLA Branches, from women’s organi zations in the U.S., and guests from Canada. Reports and commentaries in the Ukrainian press at the time indicate the importance of this unusual event. For UNWLA, the Congress was an important turning point, which precipi tated the real growth of the organization. All Regional Councils of UNWLA should prepare a 50th anniversary commemoration of the Congress. So should those Branches, which due to their distance, cannot participate in this group event. At this occasion, it is important to honor those participants of the Congress of 1932 who live in cities where the Regional Councils or Branches are located. Materials for the celebration of this anniversary may be ordered from UNWLA head quarters. ____________________________ _ _ Dr. Juliana Osinchuk, Pianist On March 28, 1982 the Ukrainian community will have another opportunity to attend a concert by an out standing young pianist — Juliana Osinchuk of New York City. This time, she will be performing for the benefit of the Ukrainian Museum. It is not the first time Juliana has shown her support for Ukrainian community institutions — she has performed at benefit concerts for UNWLA, the Ukrainian Chair at Harvard, and other worthy causes. In fact, the pianist’s life reflects her two greatest interests: music and concern for Ukrainian culture. Juliana, the first Ukrainian to receive a Doctorate in Mu sical Arts at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, wrote her doctoral dissertation on Victor Kosenko, and the introduction to her thesis was a history of Ukrainian music. Dr. Juliana Osinchuk’s upbringing has fostered this dual love of music and Ukrainian culture. These ele ments have been part of her family tradition, since the age of five, when she began to study piano with her mother, Lydia Dudko-Osinchuk. Subsequently, she studied with Professor Roman Sawyckyj. At age seven, she won first honors in the Music Edu cation League Contest and played two of her own com positions on television. By age 11, she was studying with Nadia Boulanger at the Ecoles d’Art Americaines in Fontainebleau, France and continued to take summer courses there in 1965, 1966 and 1968. Perhaps the most dramatic moment in her young career occurred when at age 11, she substituted at the last moment for Jean Casadesus at a recital at Carnegie Recital Hall. A four-column headline in the March 15, 1965 issue of The New York Times read “Pianist, 11, Is Summoned to the Rescue of a Concert.” In May 1965 she had her first full-length recital. That fall, she began a year of private study with Nadia Boulanger, and also at the Conservatoire National Su- perieur in Paris, where she received the Premiere Medaille in Solfege. Dr. Osinchuk also studied at Tangle- wood Institute, Lenox, Massachussetts — 1970, 1971; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, California — 1972-1973; Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria — 1975. In addition to Nadia Boulanger, Dr. Osinchuk’s teachers have included Resina Lhevinne, Robert Casadesus, Nadia Reisenberg, Ania Dorfman, Martin Canion, Daniel Pollack and Herbert Rogers. She also studied theory, harmony, counterpoint and ear training with such noted teachers as Nadia Boulanger, Louise Talma, Anette Dieudonne, Donald Lybbert. During her studies, she received scholarships and awards granted only to the most outstanding students. Juliana Osinchuk has appeared as a soloist, ac companist, and has performed with chamber music ensembles and symphony orchestras all over the word. Her performances have been heard in numerous U. S. cities, as well as Canada, West Germany, Greece and Holland. She has performed on television and radio. Numerous reviews of her performances stress her excellent technique, her sensitivity of style and musical- lity, and Nadia Boulanger has described Juliana as “a musician and performer in the highest sense of these words.” Dr. Osinchuk has also been the feature artist on several cruises to Scandinavia and the Caribbean, which gave her the opportunity to travel that she enjoys so much. Another aspect of her talent that she does not cur rently have time to develop is composition, a special interest of hers since her youth. Juliana received her Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees at Juilliard in only four years, and at com mencement was awarded the Morris Loeb Memorial Prize for Highest Achievement in Graduate Study in Piano. Every stage of her studies required recitals, with a varied program. The repertoire had to consist of works from various styles and genres. For her Doctor of Musical Arts degree, received in 1981, she had to take two years of coursework, give three concerts before a jury, fulfill an additional foreign language requirement (Juliana chose French), pass a general music exam, and defend her dissertation. The highly-energetic young woman has rarely let the demands of her musical training prevent her from con tributing her talent to the Ukrainian community, in which she is actively involved. She leads choirs in Plast, the youth organization in which she has been active since her childhood. She sings in the St. George Church Choir, and sometimes fills in for choir director Andrij Dobrianskyj. Currently she teaches music at Hunter College, and is trying to fit in, where she can, her interests in travel, people, hiking and photography — and of course, her non-stop commitment to Ukrainian culture, especially Ukrainian music — into an extraordinarily busy schedule. It’s not easy to be multi-talented, like Dr. Juliana Osinchuk!
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